Michel D'Hooghe (19 February 1912 – 12 May 1940) was a Belgian

racing cyclist Cycle sport is competitive physical activity using bicycles. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, track cycling, BMX, and cycle speedway. Non-racing cycling spo ...

. He won the

Tour of Flanders The Tour of Flanders () may refer to the following cycle races: * Tour of Flanders (men's race) The Tour of Flanders (), also known as ''De Ronde'' (''"The Tour"''), is an annual road bicycle racing, road cycling race held in Belgium every spri ...

in 1937. D'Hooghe was killed in action during

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

, during an aerial bombardment over the city of

Lokeren Lokeren () is a City status in Belgium, city and Municipalities in Belgium, municipality located in the Belgian Provinces of Belgium, province of East Flanders, and belongs to the Waasland, also called ''Land van Waas'', of which it is the second ...

in May 1940.

Major results

; Source: ; 1933 : 1st

Omloop der Vlaamse Gewesten The Omloop der Vlaamse gewesten was a men's cycling race of which the original format was organized for the last time in 1972. The race was run in variating Flemish provinces or Brussels. The competition's roll of honor includes the successes o ...

independents ; 1934 : 3rd Grote 1-MeiPrijs ; 1935 : 2nd

Omloop van het Houtland Omloop van het Houtland ("Circuit of Houtland") is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in Lichtervelde in the region of West Flanders, Belgium. Since 2007, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. In 2002 it was held ...

: 2nd GP Dr. Eugeen Roggeman (nl) : 4th Ronde van Limburg ; 1936 : 1st Ronde van Limburg : 1st GP Marcel Kint : 2nd Grote 1-MeiPrijs : 2nd

Nationale Sluitingsprijs Nationale Sluitingprijs is a classic cycle races, semi classic European Road bicycle racing, bicycle race held annually in Putte (Kapellen), Belgium. From 2005 to 2017, the race was organized as a UCI race classifications, 1.1 event on the UCI Eur ...

: 2nd

GP Stad Vilvoorde The GP Stad Vilvoorde is a single-day cycle race held each year in and around the Belgian city of Vilvoorde. The race was first organized in 1931. The race was Eddy Merckx Édouard Louis Joseph, Baron Merckx (born 17 June 1945), known as Ed ...

: 2nd GP Frans Melckenbeeck (nl) : 2nd

Omloop van Midden-Vlaanderen The Omloop van Midden-Vlaanderen was a men's cycling race organized for the last time in 1976. The start and finish place was Deinze (East Flanders, Belgium). The competition's roll of honor includes the successes of Patrick Sercu and Freddy Mae ...

: 2nd

Grote Prijs Stad Sint-Niklaas Grote Prijs Stad Sint-Niklaas is a cycling race held annually in Sint-Niklaas, Belgium since 1932. In 2016 and 2017, it was a category 1.2 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions w ...

: 3rd Road race, National Road Championships : 3rd

De Drie Zustersteden De Drie Zustersteden was a one-day road cycling race held annually around Dendermonde and Willebroek, Belgium between 1919 and 2012. It was held as a 1.2 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle raci ...

; 1937 : 1st

: 1st

: 2nd

Scheldeprijs The Scheldeprijs is a road bicycle racing, cycling race in Flanders and the Netherlands which starts in Terneuzen, crosses the Scheldt River, and finishes in Schoten. Until 2018 it was held entirely in Belgium. The event, ranked as a UCI race cla ...

: 3rd

: 4th GP Marcel Kint : 7th Road race,

UCI World Championships The UCI World Championships are annual competitions promoted by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) to determine world champion cyclists. They are held in several different styles of racing, in a different country each year. Championship winn ...

; 1938 : 2nd Antwerpen–Gent–Antwerpen : 6th Ronde van Limburg

References

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* 1912 births 1940 deaths Belgian male cyclists People from Zele Cyclists from East Flanders Belgian civilians killed in World War II Deaths by German airstrikes during World War II 20th-century Belgian sportsmen {{Belgium-cycling-bio-1910s-stub